Each of the nonconforming uses specified herein
is deemed sufficiently objectionable, undesirable and out of character
in the district in which such use is located as to depreciate the
value of other property and uses permitted in the district and blight
the proper and orderly development and general welfare of such district
and the community to the point that each of such nonconforming uses
shall be terminated on or before the expiration of the specified period
of time after the effective date of this chapter, which period of
time is specified for the purpose of permitting the amortization of
the remaining value, if any, of such use.
A. In any district, any legally established nonconforming
use of open land, including such uses as parking lot, trailer park,
junkyard or open storage yard for materials or equipment, may be continued
for three years after the effective date of this chapter, provided
that after the expiration of that period, such nonconforming use shall
be terminated.
B. In any residence district (§
158-12), any sign not of a type permitted, or of a permitted type but greater than the maximum permitted size, may be continued for one year following the effective date of this chapter, provided that after the expiration of that period, such nonconforming use shall be terminated.
C. In any nonresidential district (§
158-12), any sign not of a type permitted or greater than the maximum permitted size may be continued for a period not to exceed one year for each $15,000 of original value. In determining the period of time, the beginning date of amortization is the date such sign became nonconforming by virtue of this or any previous regulations.
Any of the uses permitted by right in the Use
Tables, Column 2, for residential districts listed in Use Tables -
Residential Districts, which are located in districts in which such uses are nonconforming, shall be exempt from the provisions of §
158-29. Such uses may continue as a use permitted by right, provided that they shall comply with the bulk and area regulations of the most restrictive district in §
158-12, in which such uses would be conforming as to bulk on the effective date of this chapter.